'Poll traitors will be punished'
The Free Press Journal|July 15, 2024
MLC CROSS-VOTING | Party put in an embarrassing situation in Maharashtra ahead of polls; state working committee to decide what action to take against eight MLAs on July 19
Kalpesh Mhamunkar
'Poll traitors will be punished'

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has said 'traitors' from the party who cross-voted in the recent elections to 11 legislative council seats have been identified and will be punished.

The same 'traitors' had ensured the defeat of Congress leader Chandrakant Handore in the council elections two years ago, Patole claimed.

Congress state working committee will meet on July 19 to decide the action to be taken against the eight MLAs, sources said. Maharashtra Congress in-charge Ramesh Chennithala and central Congress party secretary KC Venugopal will attend the meeting.

The cross-voting has put Congress in an embarrassing situation in state politics.

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